4 .- THE OREGON ODAILY ' JOURNAL, TORTE-AND, . TnUB SPAY EVENING, AUG UKT 0. ; 1003. CHARTER RATES i.i CONTINUE DULL Likely to Go Still Lower at San . Francisco -Because of Ex pected Surplus of Ships Says L. Foard, WILL PRESS THEIR , CASES AGAINST More Than 100 Colliers en Route to the Bay City from Australia The Bounty Helps Frenchmen, L. Fonrd. of the ship-chandlery firm Of Lewis. Andcrn'in Co.. of 8nn Kran clco. arrived In l'lutliuid this morning. Mr. Foard Is interested In kwiiI ssllln vescnl engaged In the whest trade le Iwm the Bay Mty and foreign ports "The outlook for shipowners thl year. (ays Mr. Board. "Is discouraging in the extreme. Freight rates are down to low mark, and the Indications are ' that they will continue to decline for some time to come. From Australia lone there are en route to Kan Fran rlsco at leant 100 ships with coal from Newcastle. When they arrive there will be fierce competition for outward car . . ' goes, which will surely remilt In the ' establishing of rates ruinous to the . owners. "At present there are now in Ban Fran clseo between 20 and 30 vessels on the - disengaged list. Several of them have . been there for the past six months, their . owners refusing to charter at the rates now offered, which are about lis to the United Kingdom. Some of the French , men In port have accepted offer as low . as Its. and consider that they have made . ' a rood bargain when they get 15a. The ' bounty given them by their government . makes It possible for them to realise profit at these rates, but British and ( German vessel-owners, who have to de- ' pend altogether upon tneir own re source, suffer. "The reason that so many colliers are en route to the Pacific Coast from Aus tralia I because the duty has been re' . moved from coal Imported into thl rountry. It will Insure s great amount ' of tonnage hers to handle the new-crop 1 wheat, but vessel-owner will have to 1 make up their minds that they are not going to realise any profits this year. . sir.-Foard U accompanied by George , ' Tyroll, who Is chief clerk In the Asses , sor's office at San Francisco. After re maining In Portland for a short time they will malts a visit to towns on Puget Sound.' rarer Smith and Waits. - "It would make no difference to me," ' says A. Tucker, general manager of the firm of Meyer. Wilson & Co., grain ex "' porters, whether there were two or 40 ' sailor boarding-houses In Portland. I do v pot think the CaVnmlssion had any right to refuse to Issue a license to White ' Je Smith on the grounds stated. By mak- Ing application and showing that they - could equip a house with the proper ac . commodatlona I think they should have been given a license without any parley- - ' Ing In the matter whatever." Ernest Laidlaw, of the firm of Laldlaw ft Co., says: "Recently I have received letters from . shipowners who do not approve of the .One-house proposition contemplated here, stating that it Would have a tendency to create a monopoly and Increase the shipping ratea on sailors. Personally, -. believe In competition. It is the life of trade." ; . , i ' - Ths Amerloa Disabled. By the breaking of a shaft the river steamer America, en route to Portland from St Helena, Or., was disabled at Copeland's Landing early this morning. A boat will be sent from Portland to tow . the America Into port ' Marias Votes. The iigntnouse-tender Heather came up to Portland this morning from As toria for supplies. The coast liner Alliance sailed from San Francisco yesterday for Portland with a cargo of general merchandise and shingles. I The Columbia sailed at 11 o'clock last night for San Francisco. Word has. been received by the local office that the Oriental liner Indravelll Ieft Yokohama August 4 for Portland. ' She Is bringing 2,900 tons of goods and is expected to arrive here about Au gust 25. DEC One of the Young Men Was Dragged from His Work and Thrown in jail without Any indication or '4 EvIdencC'Hc Was Never Arrested Before. Attorny Pagu Is 1 busily . engaged drawing the papers lh ths suit for damages against Sheriff Storey- for ths falss arrest and Imprisonment . of the young' men he claims had bald up the Ssllwood csr, and- who ware yesterday dismissed by Judge Hogue, owing to ths fact that there was no evidence pro duced against, them. - On of the men whom Sheriff Storey had taken, Into custody and confined In . 4 .A l-ty U.I U A. . M.MtiM Kim to communicate with mends or attor eey was Ira Lauders. That young man was arrested at Tha Dalles without even being Informed upon what charge k waa being taken Into custody. Had he been Informed at the time Just why he waa wanted he could have olaoed Sheriff Storey In a mvfh pfbre convenient posi tion than hs occupies today. At the time ofwils arrest young Lau- ders was working on one of The Dalles boats, and could have convinced me over-offlclouw officer that he was not In the City of Portland or anywhere near It at the time the Sellwood car was held up. Had Sheriff Storey permitted him to make any statement he could have shown right at .the time that he waa oh the boat at Tha Dalles the night of the crime. , . . , Landers' Statement. Lauders was seen today and "said: "He took me right past the purser's office without ever telling m with what I had been charged. Had he acted squarhe could have learned at 'that moment from the purser himself and every officer aboard the boat Just where I was when the car was held up, -1 In tend to base an additional portion of my claim for damages upon the fact that he Is said to have given out the Infor mation that Z bad served a term m the Walla Walla penitentiary. That is a deliberate lie. I wae never arrested in my life before. .There was no reason whatever of placing me under arrest on such a serious charge. , J most as suredly Intend to push my claim for damages, as It Is a matter of Injury that la not easily rectified, r ) "It to a pretty hard thing that a free- horn American cltiaen can be taken from his work and thrown Into solitary confinement In a filthy Jail and b com pelled to submit to ths indignities a blundering official may desire to In flict . When the matter comes into court I wUl be able to show that Sheriff Storey not only made a criminal mis take, but treated other prisoners, as well as myself, with ths least regard for decency and humanity." , Attorney Pague expects to have ' the papers completed within the next few days, and will press the ease to a finish. According to the evidence, Mr, Pague claims hs will produce. Sheriff Storey and his bondsmen wilt have to put up an extremely strong defense to get out of paying the amount of damages which will be asked. ISIfliV GIVEN i; IN - FAMOUS CASE Stockholders In Celebrated Co lumbia: Celebration Company' .' Held Liable for Debts of Coi :cern,(:(- : ..'v.' : Matter -Has. Been ; Before -the Chicago Courts' Ever Since ' the ;World's "Faff. In 1 893 : Prompters Concerned, ; IRRIGATION DITCH GROWING RAPIDLY Columbia Southern Company Is Rushing Work to the Ut most Possible Limit. Judge Alton Brooks. Parker and Judge Warner taking their dally ride. Prom a photograph taken In Albany, ST. T. Chief Justice Parker Is on ths reader's left. WILD LOCOMOTIVE KILLS A JAPANESE stt': (Journal Special 8erviee.) MUIR, Cal., Aug. 6. -One Japanese was killed e.nd live others injured on the Santa Ke road this morning. An unattached locomotive ran into a sec tion gang and the men. being caught without warning, were tossed all over the right-of-way. BIG TIMBER DEAL (Journal SpeclafServlce.) BEND. Or., Aug. . Twelve thous and eight hundred acres of yellow pine timber, lying along the Walker range In Klamath and Lake Counties, were Bold Inst week by Individual holders to C. W. Custlck & Co., of Albany. The pur chase price was f 61.000, or $800 per quarter section. It is estimated that the tract will cut something in excess of 160,000.000 feet of yellow and sugar pine. Most of this timber has been owned by private invldlduals for a year or more and 12 months ago it waa said that the islanding value was $1,600 per quarter section. It In genf-rally con ceded that the price paid by the Albany firm Is far 1oneath the present value of the tract, bht those who held claim In the vicinity of the first purchasf-s dis posed of them because th belief Is prevalent that no hig'ier price will be paid for timber in that region during the next few years, or until a railroad movement is decided upon. Chief Judge Alton Brooks Tarker is noted for his rugged good health; his nliilng energy and his ability to resist fatigue. The duties of his Important office as Chief Judge ot the Court of Ap peals Impose hours of labor over books, which means close confinement. Born on a farm at Cortland, N. Y., raised In the country and being himself a farmer at Esopsus on the Hudson,, the Chief Judge loves fresh air. Soon aer his election to the greatest prize to be won in the profession of the law In his state. he was compelled to reside 'In Albany, and he determined to snatch a breath of fresh air every morning. Rain or shine. Chief Judge Parker is to be seen riding his Virginia hunter at Albany, some times alone, more frequently with an associate Judge. On Friday evenings he returns to his farm and remains over Sunday, laying out work for the coming week and noting the progress made dur ing his .absence. Chief Judge Parker is a breeder of red poll cattle. They are large, deep red and have no horns. His herd of about 30 is now famous In the state. Jndge Parker's great popularity, founded on a spotless and brilliant rec ord) generous and never-failing good na ture, is intensified by his great personal magnetism. Last autumn he refused .to allow his name to go before the Demo cratic State Convention at Saratoga, and since then he has been proclaimed as the next leader of the Democratic party in the coming national campaign. The Chief Judge cannot be Induced to talk politics. Newspaper men find Judge i Parker affable and Courteous as of old, but wonderfully adroit In turning lead ing questions off onto discussions about weather, crops and the charms of judi cial life. In fact, no man seems to be less Interested In politics than this self-same farmer and lawyer. When studying law. Judge Parker was a student at the Albany Law School. Al though his duties are laborious and leave him little time for recreation. Judge Parker lecturea twice a week to the students. With them he ie wonder fully' popular. He vividly remembers how he felt when he was a student and he appeals to their heads and to their hearts. It Is said that he not only aids them to master the law, but that he Inspires them with hope and confidence in their profession ELECTED DELEGATE TO THE CONVENTION Electrical Workers Will Meet at Salt Lake Linemen Strike News, TRIPS YOU'LL REMEMBER -: Along the Colombia to The. Dalles and to Swaco .on. Ths rotter. - Visitors to Portland have two trips thst are memorable along -the Columbia . from Portland to The Dalles, and down the Columbia to Astoria, and Ilwaco. ; The beauties of the Upper Columbia are best seen from O. R. A N. Com pany's "Chlcago-Po ( id Special." which leaves the Union 8. -wn every forenoon at :20, srrivlng at 'be Dalles at 12:86 x noon). Returning, ths train leaves The . at :I0 p. m. If desired, return from The Dalles can be made by boat The palatial O. R. A N. river steamer leaves . Portland dally (except Sunday and Mon day) for Astoria and North Beach, the ' popular North Pacific Coast resort. For ' partlcularsabout these and, other de llghtfuUtrips out of Portland ask at the a R. A N. City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets, . , . . m ,tJ. 4t, ; i W. R. Healls will represent the Port land Electrical Workers at the annual convention of the international union, which will be held at Salt Lake on Sep tember 8, he having been elected as a delegate at a meeting of the local or ganization held last night Mr.. Healls is chairman of the striking telephone linemen's executive board in this city, and has been practically conducting the local end of the strike since its inauguration. Representatives o the local union seem confident that a settlement of the difficulty will be effected before the ex piration of the present week. That matter, however, lies altogether In the hands of the officials of the Western Conference at San Francisco. The local men are being daily apprised or ine situation, and they state that recent developments Indicate an early settle ment, largely in favor of their conten tions. Recently, they explain, the com pany officials have expressed a willing ness to meet the men and negotiate for peace. "Our latest advices," the strikers aver, "are to the effect that the com pany is willing to meet us and arrange a satisfactory scale of wages and ad just the hour question. About the only sticking point now encountered is re garding the disposition to be made of the non-unionists who have taken our places. If this matter can be amicably adjusted the strike is likely to be de clared off at any minute." FRENCH REBELS WOULD KILL ALL Planned to Explode Powder Magazine and Destroy Sol diers Sent to Quell Disorderly Strikers. nsurgents Demand that Two Judges Be Removed Because They Sent Offenders to Fed eral Prisons. BULLETIN ISSUED ON STOCK OUTLOOK Livestock Association Says Coming Oregon Wool Clip Will Be Large. (Journal Special Service.) PARIS. Aug. 6. A dispatch to the department from Mbrdham says the authorities there have discovered an anarchistic plot to blow up the powder magazines of the strong garrisons which had been placed there. The revolutionists demand the dismissal of two Judges because the latter sentenced disorderly strikers to Imprisonment in the federal prison. VETERAN OF INDIAN WAR WANTS HIS PAY MABEL M'KINLEY QUITS THE STAGE (Journal Special Service.) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 Owing to the objections of her father and hus band, the career of Mabel McKinley on the vaudeville stage ended Sunday night. She has gone visiting in the southern part of the state and will then return East. She is the niece of the. late President William McKinley and went on the stage several months ago, sing ing on crutches. MURDERER WANTS TO BE REWARDED Alternative Writ of Mandamus Issued Against the Sec retary of State. (Journal Special Service.) VIENNA, Aug. 6. Advices are that a number. of Servian officers have been arrested t Belgrade. susDlctoned of plotting to assassinate the Minister of War because the latter prevented the advancement of participants In the as sassination os Alexander and Drags, A suit for an alternative writ of man damus was filed in the State Circuit Court this morning by J. R. Boyd to compel Secretary of State Dunbar to pay him $129.60, which he alleges is duo him for services performed during the Indian campaign of 1856-6. The sum of J226 was due the plaintiff, and of this amount he received 96.50 from the general Government The state government has refused to pay the re maining sum on the ground, It Is un derstood, that the fund appropriated for the payment of the veterans is ex hausted. The writ Is made returnable next Wednesday, and ex-County Judge 1 J. C. Moreland, who;, appears for ' the plaintiff, believes the representatives pf the state will appear on that day. Sparks lodging in a pile of shavings In the Standard Box Factory at the east end of the Morrison street bridge caused a slight blase last night but no dam age was done. , . . . TRIB has made more true and last ing friends than any other remedy placed on the market V Price per treatment IK.60. -For sale oy au druggists. A loss of 4 per cent on cattle and 10 per cent on sheep owing to a dry sum mer and fall last year, very little if any snow hi the .mountains during the winter and a backward spring. Is the statement just Issued from the head quarters of the National Livestock As sociation at Denver, regarding Oregon. The bulletin further states that .the late 'calf crop" Is placed at 90 per cent and the lamb crop at 85. "Home feeding is rapidly Increasing and a good per cent of the production is matured at home." it says.' The number of cattle In the state is estimated at 760,000. The sheep are placed at 4,000.000. The heaviest percentage in the next lamb crop is ex pected to be in Eastern Oregon. The re' port says the wool clip will be over the average. The next annual meeting of the Na. tional Association will be held In Port land In January, 1904, the special rates over the railroads having already been announced. Of the forestry reserve laws and the complaints of the stock shippers, the bulletin says: Forestry Xeaerve 'laws. "The National Association has taken up the matter of rectifying the evlle of the present forestry reserve laws. In this matter the association wants the aid of the entlro Industry. It wants every stockman interested In detailed complaints or grievance regarding the operations of the law in the various districts, and forward them to the head office at the earliest possible date. "The stock-shippers- have had more grievances against transportation com panies for delay in moving stock and the supply of cars, entailing a great ex pense, than any other class of shippers. There Is n bill now before Congress to compel the railroads to haul, livestock at a speed of not less than 20 miles an hour and the association is lending its support to this measnre. All persons interested who have grievances along these lines are requested to forward them to the Denver office at once.' GROUSE OPEN SEASON The publication of the statement that the Beason, for shooting grouse- opened August -1 throughout the state wss a mistake. While the season does open st that time in Wasco County, the ma jonty or tne counties , have the open season begin Oetober 1. which Is 1$ days earlier than was permitted under tne oia isw. BEND. Or.. Aug. 8. Construction work on the main canal of the Columbia Southern Irrigation Company's project In the Tumello Basin has been completed to s point IS miles from the head gates. This brings water upon the upper por tion of the company'a segregation and to the controlling point of the vast scope of sagebrush territory which Is soon to be reclaimed. It la expected that the main canal will be completed by October 1. when construction will begin on the laterals. Work is being pushed to the limit and It Is probable that the greater part of the baoln. which will support a population of 1,800 people wnen irri gated, will be settled and cultivated next year. Only a few thoussnd seres out of the company's total appropriation of J7, 000 acres remam unsold. Adjoining the extreme northern por tion of the Columbia Southern's selec tion, Cltne Falls, with Its surrounding irrigated territory, furnishes the first practical demonstration of Eastern Ore gon's struggle to brln herself to the front on sn Irrigation basis. Two years ago the falls, which have a sheer drop of 21 feet, served as an Ideal watering, spot for tne range stock. A high, grassy plateau surmounting tha river at this point to the west and north afforded the best of pasture, but tne productive qual ities of the soil had never been put to a test Inasmuch as water was needed to irrigate, and the expense attached to flumlng through the eanyon of the Des chutes wss too great and the undertak Ing altogether of too large proportions for the agriculturally inclined of crook County to shoulder. . In the summer of 1901 the falls arid some 3,000 seres of land adjacent were purchased by A. E. Hammond and two associates. Ji. turbine wheel and ram were placed in operation at the lower side of the falls and with the 160-horse power generated a sufficient quantity of water waa raised to the plateau for Irrigation purposes. Last yearan al falfa crop was given a good start and a yield of three tons to the acre thla season will fall considerably short of expectations. From a light sandy char acter of the soil has. taken on a depth of color akin to black loam, and In this dress its productive qualities are more readily recognised. The five or six possibly ten thou sand acres which this year will be brought under the canals supplied with water from the Cllne Falls power-house are not In any way dissimilar to the 27, 000 acres of sagebrush land adjoining. segregated under the Carey act by the Columbia southern irrigation pany. Stretching out In a level, un broken expanse for a distance of 20 miles along the west slds of the Tumello River, a tributary of the Deschutes, this Immense territory will eventually form one of the largest and most fertile Irri gated districts In Oregon. PORTLAND IS IN BETTER HEALTH " (Journal Special Service.): -. ' ' CHICAGO, Aug. Judge Tuley to day rendered a decision maklns loo de fendants liable for the amounts of their subscription to the famous World's Fair bubble, ths Columbian Celebration Com- I pany. . .- ' ; . , : V, I Steele Mackaye, a theatrical promote' I viutHMfu mi y'u uwignea to nave a monster spectacular show during the Chicago Fair. Ths scheme fell through and the Investors lost hundreds of thou-. sanas or dollars. . , - t . Ths assets of the company were 260, 000 and the bonded Indebtedness is 1800.000. Ths stock Is held by. 100 prominent men and many small In vestors. ' ' - -,; ..' ' " . . Today's derision Is on a suit brought by the Buda Foundry for $1,000 end the decision is - practically a Judgment against ths stockholders, ths largest of , whom Is George M. Pullman, holding 110.000; Lymes J. Gage, 110.000; ox Commlssionsr of - Patents, Butterworth. ' 86,000; Murrey Nelson, $10,000; C.-B, Shedd. $28,000 John Cudahy. $10,000. and numerous , other prominent men $6,000 each. ' " '...' . Ths esse has been In the court ever sines tn,e worms r air. y IMPROVING THE STATE UNIVERSITY A large decrease In the number of cases of contagious diseases In Port land is shown by the report of the Board of Health for the month of July, issued today. There has been but one case of smallpox during ths last 60 days. A resume of the July report follows: Births, registered: Male, 61; females, 68; total, 109. Deaths registered: Males, 68; fe males, 41. - Contagious diseases reported: Diph theria, 17; measles, 17; erysipelas, 1; typhoid fever, 11; scarlet fever, U; smallpox, 1. There were 12 deaths Investigated by the coroner during the month. Money Appropriated by Last Legisiaiure rasi Being Used by. Board. ANOTHER CASHIER IS SWALLOWED UP (Journal Special Service.) CANTON, Aug. 0. A warrant is out for the arrest of First Cashier Deibel, of the City National Bank.' who is charged with a $22,000 shortage. His salary waa but $2,800 per year, but he adroitly speculated with bank funds on Wall street with long success. He suc ceeded cleverly In continuously fooling all bank Inspectors and experts until he became hopelessly lost t His accum ulated earnings were lost In recent stock shrinkages. SHIPPING NEWS (Journal Special Service.) ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 6. The steamer Columbia sailed for San Francisco. The steamer Homer sailed for Three Tree Point, Alaska, with, lighthouse supplies. The French bark orand uucness uiga arrived from Shields via Bio de Janeiro with a .general cargo. LADRONES SENTENCED MANILA, Aug. (.Fifty ladrones Im plicated In the recent Mindanao raids were today sentenced to long terms of Imprisonment Trtb Is not working for today alone. but for tne future as well. Price per treatment $12.60. For sale Com-1 by all druggists. EUGENE, Or Aug. I. Ths Univer sity of Oregon campus presents a busy appearance to the visitor. The money ths last Stats Legislature appropriated for improvements In ths buildings Is being rapidly put to use under the man agement of skilled mechanics. Thou sands of dollars in Improvements havs gone Into the work since the close of thse school yesr In June. More will be expended right along until the plans of the president ana the board of regents are realised. , The university dormitory, which has been closed tob oarders . and roomers during ths past two years, has been remodeled, paper hung on the walls and fixtures put In place which will make tha place a model hotel for the male students. About 70 . students ?an be accommodated at tb,e dormitory. , Water System Improved. ' - & Tne water system has been liriproved by a new well, which has been sunk to sn Immense depth. 2560 feet and will supply drinking water for the. en tire campus. A reservoir has been con structed which will make firs protec tion, something that the university has been sadly In need of, a thing In fact Deady Hall Is being overhauled arid new furniture placed In the old recita tion rooms. Ths new scientific building, completed in time for some use last winter. Is now ready and equipped with' the most elaborate, costly and useful ap paratus for the Instruction of the youth In polytechnics, Vlllard Hall has not been without the touch of the repairman and Improver. New coats of paint mak the building a new looking structure. President Campbell la busy answering ths letters from the prospective Stu dents and arranging his manifold plana for ths coming year. The, plans, he in- , forms us, will Include several import-' ant changes in the administration of affairs at the University. Registrar 3. Arthur Gamber Is also busy with, cor respondence. Everything points to a large attendance this fall and to a suc cessful commencement of the new school year. i ; ; ; . Anrtatlne Greta Shipment - ' ' NEW YORK, Aug. Argentine grain ihlp meats were: , Today, Weeks Atfb, Tear Ago. BiMhels. Bunnell. . Bimhels. Wheat ...'.,... HOO.OOaf 1.4O8.000 480,000 Corn S. 600,000 8.480.000 1.M4.000 m DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD "Scenic Line of the World" - . FIRE LOSS $75,000 (Journal Special Service.) ; FORT SCOTT, Kaiu, Aug. Fire In the Hardison block : this morning en tailed a loss of $75,000. - The Scottish I Rite Masons were the heaviest .losers. If f! , i ... ill 1 rf f P -- I The only transcontinental line "passing directly through Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, and Denver.. r . , ,K . ; : , ; ' -V ! : - ' : W. C McBRIDE, Genl AgcnC 124 Third Street, Portland, Oregon. M